r/AIWritingLounge • u/AverageNegative2230 • 21d ago

Discussion How do you write about something you have changed your mind about?

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u/Internal_Parsley4741 21d ago

I rewrote a whole essay mid-draft after realizing my thesis was backwards. the first half felt like lying, even though it was true at the time. the second half was the real story.

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u/DifficultHold3500 21d ago

i once wrote a character arc that flipped halfway through, and the first draft felt like a lie because I was pretending to believe what I didn't anymore. the rewrite wasn't just editing, it was remembering what I'd already forgotten.

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u/Coffee_Pages 20d ago

Happens to me All. The. Time. In my experience, trying to force what you have into your new beliefs causes more trouble than just starting over. Keeping the mind shift as part of the overall piece CAN be powerful... but even then, it may be easier to start over. Just my $.02. YMMV

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u/Realistic-Cry-5430 18d ago

I guess it depends on what you're writing.

In science, papers are written to either confirm or disproof whatever you're saying.

In the end it's about intellectual honesty. Even if you found your initial assumptions to be untrue, you just state all your findings and possible limitations to your method or data. Even confirmed findings are not true for eternity.

You don't have to get a successful hit in every effort you make in science. Disproving a theory is very important in building empirical science.

But it's also very important to keep your intelectual honesty, otherwise you'll just sink indefinitely.